Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
critic Reviews
, 90% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- Retroactively enriching Fury Road with greater emotional heft if not quite matching it in propulsive throttle, Furiosa is another glorious swerve in mastermind George Miller's breathless race towards cinematic Valhalla.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreChristina NewlandiNews.co.uk
George Miller re-visits his oil-soaked franchise with another brutal, female-dominated action film.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreSteve PondTheWrap
“Furiosa” backs up, fills in the blanks and does a solid job of giving its title character a history that answers questions that its predecessor left in the dust.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreNamrata JoshiThe New Indian Express
While it has you in its grip initially, it gradually loses its way amid marauding tribes, lynch mobs and innumerable chases through the sand dunes on souped-up vehicles. There are moments that take your breath away but don't add up to pack in a wallop.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreTim CogshellFilmWeek (LAist)
This script should have been released first. It would've elevated Fury Road... The dynamic here is reversed, though this is still a very good film.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreChristy LemireFilmWeek (LAist)
Nothing could ever be Fury Road, but if you want the spectacle and a reason to go back to theaters this summer, this is a great one.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreWenlei MaThe Nightly (AU)
If Furiosa had been a standalone, it would be considered an incredible feat, but as the fifth instalment, it doesn’t evolve on the spectacle we’ve already seen in Fury Road.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJulian SingletonCinapse
Furiosa breaks away from Max Rockatansky’s redemption story, allowing Miller to explore similarly complimentary perspectives in the wasteland, while also delving into darker, more provocative places that our Road Warrior hadn’t yet trod.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreWesley LovellCinema Sight
His films always get at these heady themes with aplomb and there’s little here that doesn’t expand and enhance his Mad Max universe.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJeffrey OverstreetLooking Closer
Organizing the chaos of the wasteland’s warring gangs around the exploitation of water and gas and bullets, Miller gives us an easy-to-read allegory about the inevitable destruction brought on by capitalism that is unchecked by conscience.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreDan BuffaRamble On With Buffa (Substack)
Impressive in certain areas and overabundant in others, it takes an intriguing premise and hits the snooze button. Action scenes dazzle and there's some climactic tension near the end, but all in all a movie that promised more than it delivered.
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